Word: deconcini
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Democrat. Accepted $81,000 from Keating and was identified in Senate testimony as his most forceful advocate...
This week Democrats Donald Riegle, Dennis DeConcini and, probably, the ailing Alan Cranston will be grilled in the final act of a saga in which none of the five has done himself -- or the Senate -- proud...
...scandal to bring lawyers out of the woodwork. Principal witness Edwin Gray was represented by Leonard Garment, who served as Richard Nixon's chief counsel throughout Watergate and advised Robert McFarlane during the Iran-contra fallout. Charles Ruff and Jim Hamilton, who are defending Senators John Glenn and Dennis DeConcini, respectively, served in the Watergate special prosecutor's office. Two lawyers besides Garment have hit the scandal triple crown. Senator Don Riegle is advised by Tom Green, who represented retired Major General Richard Secord after Iran-contra and White House aide Robert Mardian during Watergate. Lawyer Plato Cacheris, who worked...
Riegle. While claiming a foggy memory on how the meeting with Gray came about, Riegle insisted that he had been invited by DeConcini. Bennett said the facts were otherwise: it was Riegle who first approached Gray about a meeting. He did so after visiting the American Continental offices in Phoenix, where employees donated $11,000 to his campaign at Keating's urging...
...DeConcini. He was described as almost slavishly responsive to every request from Lincoln's boss, including joining the drive to get Gray fired and a Keating crony appointed to the bank board. He was Keating's main spokesman at both meetings with the other Senators and was the one who presented Keating's compromise offer to the examiners. He also telephoned a California state official to intercede on Lincoln's behalf. Asked Bennett: "Why is a U.S. Senator calling a state regulator...